Sophia

Ok scratch that then, I don't think the pavement counts as a swamp and last time I used wood found out on the beach it grew a horrible slime. Don't care if it's normal, I don't want that back again. :nilly: any other sort of twigs you guys know will be OK?

lies

I have a fish whose bottom end floats up in the water like there is a helium balloon attached and has been doing that for at least 2 weeks now, longer I think. It seems she has a swim bladder issue but doesn't seem to get worse or better. If your fish is eating and otherwise acting normally it's up to you what you do, it might recover, though your situation sounds more drastic than mine. You could get a little bottle of clove oil so you are ready to quietly put it to sleep if the time comes anyway. I believe it is the most humane way for fish to die, better than the freezer or the bash on the head.

ok thanks

Does anyone know if it's safe to use? Found a tree nearby that sheds twigs I want to use to wrap moss around. thanks

Lake Pupuke?

100s & 1000s

what is the time period between when you started treating the fish and now?

also check out Beadaholic website, they have pandora beads. Not sure if you want 'Pandora' or just 'pandora' but the bead shops all stock them now.

Pygmies are now in their own lovenest back in the garage and this tank now has 4 dwarf chain loaches, the rasbora and the shrimp. When I put the 2 new loaches in there were some sexy goings-on :gigl: . All sorts of wrigglings I had never seen, either I had 2 girls or 2 boys before now I have an opposite. Be interesting to see how this group pans out as I understand loaches rarely breed in an aquarium.

what is your definition of ordinary snail Jim? this is what I am meaning because they don't seem to eat the plants if they do escape the jaws of the loach. I have only ever had these and trumpet snails which I don't want back again.

SteveO

ooh well you are entering Plant Nerd Territory then... :smln:

Dingo

Darwin

to feed to my loaches. The reason I asked can I put them in an existing tank is because I can't have another tank, so can I put them in with something else but in a trap?

fishbong

I can't seem to find a definitive answer to my questions: would it be OK to float a fine mesh breeding trap in an existing tank and breed ramshorns in it? Reason I think to put them in a breeding trap is to seperate them from the rest of the tank and make harvesting easier. I think that the ultra fine mesh I've seen would contain them without them getting through :dunno: I presume that you shouldn't breed these snails with fish that lay eggs, right? Is that so they don't introduce bacteria or more to stop them eating the eggs? What if I just had some snails in a big jar and changed some of the water every few days? I would like to hear what others who have intentionally bred snails did. thanks

is the aro a male or female?

fishaholic

You know my tanks are all small and therefore supposed to be harder to manage - I haven't noticed any nitrate spikes when I've added lots of crypts and then they melt... I have done all sorts of rearrangings and offended all sorts of plants but the water parameters have stayed the same. :dunno:

drugs

:thup: :thup:

jam :sage:

my last remaining brain cell